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Kill Anything That Moves: The Real American War in Vietnam by Nick Turse

17 reviews

princxporkchop's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional informative reflective sad tense fast-paced

4.75

Crucial for understanding the scope of the Vietnam War and just how far the US government went to cover up war crimes. A truly haunting read that traces the lineage of colonialism and imperialism to present day with the rhetoric surrounding Israel’s and the west’s genocide in Palestine.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Child abuse, Child death, Confinement, Cursing, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Genocide, Gore, Gun violence, Hate crime, Mental illness, Misogyny, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Racial slurs, Racism, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Torture, Violence, Xenophobia, Blood, Medical content, Kidnapping, Grief, Medical trauma, Suicide attempt, Death of parent, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, Sexual harassment, Colonisation, War, and Injury/Injury detail

plantmutual's review against another edition

challenging dark informative sad medium-paced

4.0

Shocking and deeply upsetting even to those who would consider themselves well informed about America's involvement in Vietnam in the 60s.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Racial slurs, Racism, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Torture, Violence, Xenophobia, Sexual harassment, Colonisation, War, and Injury/Injury detail

This nonfiction is a collection of accounts regarding the spectrum of war crimes committed in Vietnam, namely the killing of thousands of Vietnamese Civilians by American Soldiers and officers.

lupexrosa's review against another edition

challenging dark informative sad medium-paced

4.0

I knew some of the atrocities that happened during the American War in Vietnam but reading this made me realize just how ignorant the American public is about foreign wars- especially in the 20th century. Nothing, I repeat, nothing is more disgusting than the repugnant, inhuman glee that men have at any chance to have unchecked power over someone they think is lower than them. I will never look at a veteran from that war the same ever again. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Child abuse, Child death, Death, Genocide, Gore, Gun violence, Hate crime, Misogyny, Pedophilia, Racism, Rape, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Slavery, Torture, Violence, Xenophobia, Trafficking, Kidnapping, Grief, Death of parent, Murder, Colonisation, War, and Injury/Injury detail

dithorba's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional informative medium-paced

5.0

This book is not a chronological account of major events in the Vietnam War. It is strictly an exploration of various accounts of the unparalleled American brutality against the Vietnamese, allies and enemies alike. 

This was a very difficult read just by the account of war itself but it adds a human dimension that helps grasp the war. You will not look at Vietnam the same way. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racism, Rape, Sexual violence, Suicide, Xenophobia, and War

kvdiesel's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional informative sad tense slow-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Genocide, Gore, Gun violence, Hate crime, Racial slurs, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Xenophobia, Murder, Colonisation, and War

xoxojaydub's review against another edition

dark emotional informative reflective sad medium-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Genocide, Gore, Gun violence, Hate crime, Pedophilia, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Torture, Violence, Blood, Murder, Gaslighting, and War

ehmannky's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional informative tense fast-paced

5.0

A deep dive look at the horrific actions of so many Americans in Vietnam, which includes but isn’t limited to mass murder, torture, and a prolific culture of rape. Its a really heavy book and it’s amazing that the legacy of this war, despite having testimony from veterans that this all happened, has been so thoroughly sanitized that we’re trained as Americans to empathize with the soldiers that did horrendous things rather than their victims. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Death, Genocide, Gore, Gun violence, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Racial slurs, Racism, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Torture, Violence, Blood, Police brutality, Grief, Medical trauma, Car accident, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, Sexual harassment, Colonisation, War, and Injury/Injury detail